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Griphodon
Taxonomy
Griphodon was named by Anthony (1924). Its type is Griphodon peruvianus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Propyrotherium by Lucas (1986).
It was assigned to Pyrotheriidae by Anthony (1924), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pyrotheria by Shockey and Anaya-Daza (2004).
It was synonymized subjectively with Propyrotherium by Lucas (1986).
It was assigned to Pyrotheriidae by Anthony (1924), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pyrotheria by Shockey and Anaya-Daza (2004).
Species
G. peruvianus (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Mannion on 2017-06-27
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1924 | Griphodon Anthony |
| 1988 | Griphodon Carroll |
| 1997 | Griphodon McKenna and Bell p. 468 |
| 2004 | Griphodon Shockey and Anaya-Daza |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene | Peru (Loreto) | G. peruvianus (186565) | |
| Priabonian - Rupelian | Peru (Loreto) | G. sp. (144474) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | G. sp. (199559 199561 199563) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Peru (Loreto) | G. sp. (176129) |